INGVALDSEN with the fastest Q of the day by far ---44.39 What??

Did not see the race and wonder how it played out. Did he look like he was pushing himself hard? Did he look exhausted afterwards ?

Skinny guy. Much thinner than Warholm. I always wondered what Warholm could run in the 400 flat if he focused on it. Gotta think under 44

I don't think he is prime medal candidate yet. However, he broke Warholms Norwegian record earlier and keeps progressing. He is only 20 and won the Euro under 23 championship a few weeks ago.

He should focus on making the final and breaking the European 400m record.

He was out last fall for several months with some large surgery (unrelated to running or injury from what I understand). Really got back to running in February, so he has likely not yet peaked this season.

I believe he is coached and managed by his mom.

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Nordal too. Whuttup in Norway?

He looked smooth, did not tie up at the end. He eased up a little as well.

You're right. Wow. He didn't look too strained. There's possibly at least a half second improvement in the tank available.

Norway is rising out of nowhere like Jamaica and Kenya. Ask yourself, does it make sense? Only if they're on the illegal sauce. Look at their history of blood doping programs as well. Time to wake up.

He looked shocked that he ran that fast after he finished. The Norwegian's have dialed in their regimen.

Mmmm....everyone can see what is going on in Norway. You'd have to be intentionally blind to not see it. Carry on.

Yet another norwegian blatantly obvious doper sorry talent.......

Lol. Unfortunately your attempt at smearing falls flat on its face. Or perhaps you can show us the massive number of doping busts in Norwegian track just as there are in Jamaica or Kenya, or the USA? But the thing is you can't, so in essence yours is a nothing comment. Your accusation has to have some substance to have bite.

He won his heat by nearly half a second which from the outside looking in I would say is excessive and quite poor tactics if you want to go into the next round as fresh as possible.

I have to agree GreatDane - he was a little over excited and still young/inexperienced.

However, he did state in the post race interview that he had more to give in the semis.

Sweden had a 44.56 guy (Johan Wissman) already in the 2008 Olympics semifinal so this is not as groundbreaking as it looks.

"Out of nowhere" - only people with no sense of T&F history would say something like that - which explains why you are so wrong.

Yes, Norway famously know for never bending the rules ever.

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Norway intentionally fails to drug test underage athletes

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Developing: Norway intentionally fails to drug test underage athletes for three years, could be deemed WADA non-compliant

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Norway's cross-country Olympic success clouded by asthma drug ethics

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Norway's cross-country skiers will arrive in Pyeongchang hoping to continue their recent dominance in a sport that doubles as a national obsession, but even at home there are questions over the ethical use of medicines by ath...

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This is seriously all you have? Some articles from 20 years ago completely unrelated to track? How sad. Try to do better. What's next, you'll post an article from a small paper in Bergen where they busted a high school teen for smoking pot in the bathroom?

People tend to run their best 400s when they run relaxed and easy. I hope he doesn't try to push it too hard and force it in the semis. You shouldn't feel like it hurt much after finishing it because that's when you're not staying relaxed and wasting a lot of ecess energy by clinching up and that just hurts your speed so much, particularly in a 400 where so much of it is deceleration rather than acceleration. If you can keep that deceleration curve smooth, that's when you know you built a good race. I feel like people get sucked up in trying to get other people rather than just running what works for them with a race pattern that works for them. 400's a complete different beast than any other type of sprint.

On the race: It looked like he was close to full speed up to the last 50 meter. Then he slowed down. He stated in an interview with a podcast ahead of WC that he aimed for sub-45 in WC so he also secured his spot in the Olympics next year. This was important for him as he is in top shape ahead of WC. So he probably aimed for 44 high, but as he is stronger than earlier in the season his time ended up 44 low. He looked very surprised when seeing the time.

On dopic: Please stop the bullsh*t around doping. He is not doped - I can guarantee that. Norwegians are just very good at sports. Or do you think all the below also is doped? :)
- Haaland (top 3 soccer players in the world)
- Magnus Carlsen (World's best chess player last 10 year)
- Casper Ruud (3 grand slam finals)
- Hovland (Top 5 golf player)
- Warholm
- Kristian Blummenfelt (reigning WC & Olympic winner in Triathlon)
- Klæbo (best XC skier in the world by far)
- Thingnes Bø (best biathlon skier in the world by far)
- Magnus Ødegaard (captain Arsenal & top 10 in PL)

Bullcrap !